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SALVATION ARMY
The Wokingham Corps of the Salvation Army were visited over the week-end by
the Hanwell Songster Brigade. On Saturday the chairman for the afternoon was Mr. L.
Goddard Smalley, the Town Clerk. On Sunday the chairman was Col. W. Wellman.

INNER WHEEL
Membership of the Wokingham Inner Wheel club has now risen to the record figure
of 29, members were told at their meeting at Heelas Restaurant, Wokingham, last
week, at which two new members, Mrs. R. Haye and Mrs. R. Davis, were welcomed.

ROTARY CLUB
A talk on Cyprus was the feature of this week’s meeting of the Rotary Club of
Wokingham on Monday. The speaker was the Rev. Campbell McKinnon, and he was
thanked by the Rev. J. Brooksbank Moore. The president, Mr. J. Rodger, presided.

LABOUR PARTY FAIR
Wokingham Constituency Labour Party held their annual fair in the Church House
on Saturday and benefited by £70 as a result. The fair was opened by the prospective
candidate, Mr. Terry Boston. A competition for the most attractive stall—judged by
Alderman and Mrs. A. Lockwood, of Reading—was won by the Crowthorne Labour
Party.

YOUR FILM ENTERTAINMENT
Coming to the Ritz Cinema, Wokingham, next week is a film that will be welcomed
by all lovers of children. It is “Cry From The Streets,” and has Max Bygraves and
Barbara Murray in the leading adult roles, and Colin Petersen (remembered for his
performance as “Smiley”) and Dana Wilson (who scored a success in “Shiralee”) as
the juvenile leads. Mr. Bygraves plays a good-hearted radio mechanic who has never
quite recovered from the shock of losing his wife and child in a railway accident, and
Barbara Murray appears as a young girl who devotes her life to the welfare of slum
children. The programme is completed by “The Golden Age of Comedy.”

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WOKINGHAM EX-SERVICE MEN’S CLUB
The Wokingham Ex-Service Men’s Club is likely to be finally wound up—about
three years after it closed. For some time there have been many in the town who were
not completely satisfied with the way in which the hopes of a final meeting seemed to
diminish with the passing months. The matter was not forgotten by members of the
British Legion, however, and it is as a result of their action that the day of final
settlement has been brought nearer, for there have been references to the delay at each
of the subsequent branch annual meetings. Last week it was said that it was now
known that there was about £50 awaiting distribution, and the former officers of the
club are to be asked to convene a meeting of members in the near future.

WOKINGHAM BRITISH LEGION
Past Year Marked With Frustration
If Wokingham Branch of the British Legion is to flourish it will have to recruit more
young and active members and persuade the present members to take a greater interest
in its activities and social functions. These were the inescapable conclusions to be
drawn from the branch annual meeting on Friday last week. The chairman, Mr. H.R.

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